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Old 05-02-2011
Finding the executable files of a directory using Grep
Hi guys,
Can you please help me print all the executable files of a directory(in this case /home) using grep?
All i know is that this command should do it but it doesnt...

Code:
ls -l ~ | grep -..x

it shows me the following mesage

Code:
grep: invalid option -- '.'
Χρήση: grep [ΕΠΙΛΟΓΗ]... ΥΠΟΔΕΙΓΜΑ [ΑΡΧΕΙΟ]...

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Old 05-02-2011
Code:
ls -l | grep  '\-..x'

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Old 05-02-2011
Code:
ls -l ~ | grep -- -..x

Code:
ls -l | sed -n '/^-..x/p'

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Old 05-02-2011
Thanks guys for the help
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